Markets closed up today. Nifty 50 closed at 11050.25 (244.7, 2.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 37388.66 (835.1, 2.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9156.10 (211.4, 2.4%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1676 stocks traded today, 1337 were gainers and 263 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Ashok Leyland Ltd. (76.30, 13.20%), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (10.30, 13.19%) and GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (23.50, 11.11%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Union Bank of India (24.25, -2.41%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (128.20, -1.42%) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (260.90, -1.23%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included IFB Industries Ltd. (616.55, 12.41%), KRBL Ltd. (284.90, 12.03%) and Garware Technical Fibres Ltd. (1987.55, 7.93%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Alok Industries Ltd. (22.15, -4.94%), CARE Ratings Ltd. (357.00, -2.22%) and Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (1752.60, -1.33%).

Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (539.80, 3.22%) was trading at 19.4 times of weekly average. Varun Beverages Ltd. (695.50, 1.98%) and Redington (India) Ltd. (118.00, 4.75%) were trading with volumes 7.4 and 4.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

6 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 1 stock tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (2027.65, 4.11%), Granules India Ltd. (375.95, 4.26%) and Coforge Ltd. (2304.35, 8.98%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Coal India Ltd. (117.10, 1.21%).

28 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Manappuram Finance Ltd. (153.05, 8.70%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. (59.70, 7.76%). 12 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Central Bank of India (16.20, -2.41%) and Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (157.10, -1.78%).